Luggage-carrier for automobiles.



I w. MARQUETTE. LUGGAGE CARRIER FOR AUTOMOBLES. APPUCATRON FILED AiILS, 1916.

Patented Oct. 24,1916.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

. WILLIAM MARQUETTE, 0F ATLANTIC, IOWA.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM MARoUnT'rE,

a citizen of the United States, residipgat Atlantic, in the county of Oassand State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Luggage-Carriers for Automobiles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to luggage carriers, IA

and particularly to improvements on the folding luggage carriers WhlClk form the subject-matter of my Patent No. 1,095,339, granted May 5, 1914.

The object of my present invention is to improve upon the construction disclosed in said prior patent by the provision of means whereby the luggage carrier may be detachably clamped upon the running board of an automobile instead of being bolted thereto,

. thereby permitting the luggage carrier to be readily removed from the running board or replaced thereon and making it much more convenient in every way.

A further object is to provide clamping means for the carrier whiehgnay be readily engaged with or disengaged from the runaautomobile.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevatlon of an automobile showing m lug'gageycarrier applied to the runn ng oardthereof; ig. 2 is a fragmentary top plan new of the construction shown in'Eig. 1; Fig; 3 1s a fragmentary sectional view of the running board with my carrier applied thereto;

andFig. 4 is a top plan view of one of the clainps 14.,

Referring to these drawings, it will be seen that-my carrier consists of a'frame, as itauay be termed, comprising a plurality of longitudiwil extending bars, designated 10, and a plurality of? transversely extending LUGGAGE-CARRiER FOR AUTOMOBILES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 24,1916.

Application filed April s, 1916. Serial No.-89,898.

bars 11 to which the bars (10 are riveted or otherwise firmly'attached. Preferably, the bars 10 are riveted to, the end members 11 but bolted to the intermediate member 11.-

Inasmuch as automobiles vary as regards co the length of therunning boards, each of" the barslOis made in two or more sections. T have lllustra-ted the bars 10 as being made in three'sections A, B and C; The section overlaps the sections Band C at its extremities, and the bars 10 of. the sections and are ]provided with perforations 12 whereby -b0 ts .13 may 'bel di-sposedi through theperforations to thereby connect the sections rigidly to hach other. By ',this 7 0 means the length of the luggage carrier may be adjusted not only so as to suit various lengths of running board, but also so [as to make the luggage carrier larger or smaller, as may be desired, if a small amount or a large'amount of luggage is to be carried. If a small amount of luggage is to be carried it is obvious that one set of sections may beleft off entirely. Thus, for instance, the sections A may be left off-and thesections B and C connected to each other to make a relatively'short luggage carrien. i

he transverse bars 11, which I will liereafter call standards, are twisted where they extend beyond the innermost set of 85.

bars 10 so that theinner ends of the standards lie in planes at right angles to the outer portions of the standards. For the purpose of hingedly supporting the standards upon the foot-board of an automobile, Iprovide for each standard a substantially Ushaped clamping member 14 having an upper and: a r lower arm, and through the {lower arm ex-.

tends a set screw 15 having preferably a wide foot which bears against the under side of the foot-board. The upper arm of each standard is longitudinally slotted, as at 16, and the inner end of this slot is defined by an upwardly extending shoulder 17. The

walls of this-slot more or less adjacent the shoulder 17 are provided with: bolt holes through which passes the bolt'f18i whiehj3; v passes through the adjacent end'ofithecor-"fl responding standard 1180 thattlie standard,

is thus pivotally securiid .p ffhlnged tothems clamp.

It is obvious that with'this constructionthe frame composedpfthe members 10 and; 11 can be turned down into a horizontal position parallel; to resting upon the run- 1Kv ning boardor that it may be turned up to a vertical osition and that in this position the edge each standard will bear against the end walls 17 and the standard will thus be held in a vertical position. It is also obvious that the construction as a whole may be readily taken apart, folded into compact shape, and that the clamps may be readily detached from the rack or frame'and that the device is adjustable to suit difierent exigencies of operation. In 111 old construction the luggage carrier ad to be bolted to the running board and this requirement not only defaced the running board but also rendered it inconvenient to apply or remove the luggage carrier. My present construction permits the luggage carrier to be applied to running boards of metal as well as to wooden runnin 'boards and without defacement. It can tiierefore be applied to hired or borrowed automobiles as well as to ones own private car, and can be, 'as before stated, readily adjusted to any length of running board or to any circumstance of operation. Having described. the invention, what I claim is A luggage carrier fdr automobiles including a rack having a plurality of transverse bars forming standards, a plurality of clamps each U-shaped in form to provide opposed jaws, the upper jaw ofeach clamp having a longitudinally extending slot ex-.

WI LIAM MARQUETTE.

Witnesses: H. G. DACKELL S. H. RUDOLPH. 

